NEW wheeled bins will be rolled out across East Renfrewshire starting from next Monday.

The new service change affects the majority of households in the area.

And residents can expect to receive their two new bins by the end of September- in time for the new four-bin service starting in the first week of October.

The service overhaul will replace the current bag and box collection system for most residents.

Under the new plans, most households across East Renfrewshire will receive two new wheeled bins, a blue one for paper, cardboard and cartons and a green bin for plastics, glass and cans.

The service change also means that non-recyclable waste will be uplifted once every three weeks.

It means residents will be able to recycle more waste at home than ever before, thanks to the introduction of cardboard and carton recycling and the bins’ greater capacity than the bags and boxes previously provided.

Councillor Vincent Waters, East Renfrewshire convenor for environment, said: "We are trying to get a system that will work for as many people as possible.

"The new wheeled bins are set to improve how we collect household waste and will maximise residents’ recycling opportunities.

"Not only will the new system improve our recycling rates, it will save the council money by reducing the amount we pay in landfill tax.

"Where people are recycling everything possible, there will be fewer and fewer items going into their rubbish bin.

"We’re encouraging everyone to recycle more and play their part in making East Renfrewshire cleaner and greener."

The two new bins along with residents’ grey bin for non-recyclable waste will be collected on a three weekly rotation.

There will be no change to the brown bin service with food and garden waste continuing to be collected every week.

However, brown bin collections will be limited to one bin per household from the first week in October.

The new service will be delivered to as many households as possible but there is a small percentage that will not receive the new bin service and the frequency of collection of non-recyclable waste will remain the same.

This includes a number of flatted developments, where storage for bins is limited, and some other small pockets throughout the area but particularly in Netherlee and Stamperland that do not currently use wheeled bins for non-recyclable waste and food and garden waste.

These residents will be notified separately of what arrangements are in place for their collections.

Rural household collections will remain unchanged until further notice.

The changes have been developed in direct response to feedback from residents about difficulties with the bag and box service and will lay the foundation for the council to meet the new national Charter for Household Recycling.

Last year East Renfrewshire Council spent £2.2million sending household waste to landfill, much of which could have been recycled.

Food waste, in particular, is being sent to landfill instead of composted.

With the move to three weekly collections of all other rubbish, residents are being asked to take advantage of the weekly food and garden waste collection currently provided.